Salty Coffee|قهوه شور

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First published: May.17.2018

“39th story”

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A young man spent lots of time in his favorite cafe and always kept an eye on a girl that he thought would be his perfect match. He finally dared to ask the girl if she’d let him buy a coffee for her and shared the table with her.

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He was so happy and excited that he accidentally grabbed the salt by mistake and poured it into his coffee. The girl looked at him with shocked eyes, wondering what he was going.

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Realizing what he had done, the young man didn’t want to have a weird first date impression, so he told her; “I grew up in a town surrounded by the sea and salty coffee reminds me of my childhood.”

The young couple fell in love after some time and got married.

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Every time he wanted to drink a coffee, she stirred two teaspoons of salt in it to continue reminding him of his childhood.

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Forty years passed and they lived happily in love until the husband got sick and was on his death bed. He told his wife that he had a confession to make.

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He said: “I’m so sorry to say that I lied to you for forty years. I poured salt into my coffee accidentally on our first date. And when I saw your shocked face I made up a story so you wouldn’t think I am a fool. But you continued to pour salt into my coffee out of love and care.

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I always hated the salty coffee, but the beautiful way you looked into my eyes when I sipped my awful tasting coffee made me drink it for forty years.

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I would have continued drinking it for a million years just to see you look at me that way over and over again.”

 

 

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198 comments ›

  2. talesfromthemindofkristian
    May 17, 2018 • 12:31 pm

    So beautiful. Your stories always go straight to the heart, thankfully disproving all those who say i don’t have one.
    🙂

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  3. Peter Klopp
    May 17, 2018 • 12:43 pm

    A beautiful story revealing so much truth about our behaviour within marital relationships!

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  4. lynnetteok
    May 17, 2018 • 12:49 pm

    I love this story! 💖

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  5. hassanmosleh
    May 17, 2018 • 1:00 pm

    So beautiful,drinking salty coffee ☕️ for forty years doesn’t have to do with anything but strong love. Thank you laleh.

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  6. 1kindness2day
    May 17, 2018 • 1:12 pm

    Such a warm story. Thank you 🌷

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  7. Ellen
    May 17, 2018 • 1:34 pm

    What a sweet story…a bit salty too! A beautiful tribute to what one will endure out of love for another. Thank-you!

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  9. Thought for Change
    May 17, 2018 • 1:46 pm

    Aww. You just made me want to fall in love….😘😍

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  10. momentaryreverie
    May 17, 2018 • 1:47 pm

    What a beautiful, sweet story!

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  11. Isabelle
    May 17, 2018 • 2:54 pm

    Beautiful story and beautifully illustrated Laleh! 😊❤️

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  12. Rainsinn
    May 17, 2018 • 4:06 pm

    Aaw… 😊 this is one of the sweetest stories I have read 😍 thank you 🙏 for sharing 😊

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  13. Rosaliene Bacchus
    May 17, 2018 • 4:32 pm

    Two teaspoons of salt in a cup of coffee is a lot to stomach. Love built on fear of losing the one loved cannot end well. As depicted in the final photo of the cup of salt topped with blood, all the salt he consumed over the years led to his death.

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  14. Iris@poetsmith
    May 17, 2018 • 4:52 pm

    Ah, love knows no bounds! So lovely too. 🙂

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  16. Soul Gifts
    May 17, 2018 • 8:41 pm

    Maybe he should have told her – then he could have had longer with his love …

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  19. Winnie
    May 18, 2018 • 1:23 am

    Oh, that was a beautiful story! That’s what love is ❤️.

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  21. derrickjknight
    May 18, 2018 • 8:02 am

    When we first married I drank coffee with the sugar Jackie put in it 🙂

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  22. Crissy
    May 18, 2018 • 9:40 am

    Heart warming love story for cold winter’s night.
    Thank you. 💖💙

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  23. Shantanu Baruah
    May 18, 2018 • 11:43 am

    How beautiful is this. I would have liked to hear the girl’s response -.but I guess you wanted your readers to comprehend

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  24. inaloveworld
    May 18, 2018 • 12:18 pm

    Beautiful! Thank you for sharing! ❤ ❤

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  25. Caffe
    May 18, 2018 • 12:28 pm

    Maybe he was dying because of too much of salty:)

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  26. masercot
    May 18, 2018 • 12:38 pm

    I poked around your old posts and found a diamond…

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  27. Awa on the Road
    May 18, 2018 • 3:32 pm

    True love will suffer any sacrifice ;D

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  28. stopociechblog
    May 18, 2018 • 6:22 pm

    This is love, like a fairy tale. I do not thinks she could do it. And he also asked him not to drink so much salt, because it hurts him health. I’m ratger a woman who is hard on the ground.

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  31. reocochran
    May 19, 2018 • 2:08 pm

    💖 Hearts of golden love! This was such a sweet story, Laleh. 🌹

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  32. Maria Tatham, a gentle iconoclast
    May 19, 2018 • 11:09 pm

    Laleh, this is truly lovely!

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  34. Christopher Lindsay
    May 20, 2018 • 7:00 pm

    Great story. Better to tell the truth earlier and live longer. Lies can literally kill us eventually.

    minor suggestion — wondering what he was [doing].

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  37. Sohair
    May 23, 2018 • 10:21 am

    Great story with a great moral..

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  39. 🌴🌺🇹🇹🌊Tammy7711🌴🌺🇹🇹🌊
    May 25, 2018 • 12:31 am

    Haha! Its better to tell the truth. But beautiful story as always! They take me on wonderful meaningful journeys lol ❤

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  41. bluebrightly
    May 29, 2018 • 5:34 pm

    Ah, such a sweet story! I love it, and I love that it comes with a photo of Think Coffee in New York, a place I used to go to for great coffee when I lived in NYC. What little I know if Iranian culture tells me it is very rich, with a long, deep history. I’m glad you’re doing this blog, and thank you for the follow.

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  42. Kim Nolywaika
    May 29, 2018 • 6:14 pm

    What a lovely story. Thank you.

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  45. David Redpath
    June 11, 2018 • 11:53 pm

    Laleh, perhaps I should try
    some sugar in the falafel?

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  46. Dracul Van Helsing
    June 12, 2018 • 10:30 pm

    My mother and father when they were dating before they were married once attended a wedding reception of one of my mother’s friends who got married.

    As they were sitting at their table waiting for desert after they had dinner, one of the servers had apparently forgotten to take a bowl of gravy off the table.

    When they started serving the wedding cake, my dad apparently mistook the gravy for a bowl of chocolate or hot fudge sundae sauce and proceeded to cover his slice of cake with it. 😂

    I wonder what my dad would have thought if my mother continued to pour gravy over a slice of cake every time my dad had it after they were married. 🤣

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  47. OJ's Pride
    June 19, 2018 • 11:32 am

    Awwwwww…. I love ‘love’….. Beautiful story line dear.

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  48. mylilplace
    June 19, 2018 • 4:17 pm

    Heartwarming… 🙂 Thank you for sharing this story.

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  50. natuurfreak
    July 5, 2018 • 11:44 pm

    Weer zo’n leuk liefdevom verhaal

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  51. www.tourismobserver.com
    August 26, 2018 • 5:36 am

    Why did this man wait to be on death bed to reveal he hated salty coffee? He was a liar who lived a life if pretence and lies. He must have lied to her about more other things. He was a perpetual liar. I admire the lady for consistency in serving him salty coffee for well over 40 years. She really loved him and always wanted to please him with what he ‘liked’ most, salty coffee? God bless the couple. How I wish I would engage with such a lady.

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  52. www.tourismobserver.com
    August 27, 2018 • 8:45 am

    Well thought story, thank you for being so creative and generous to share

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  54. utahan15
    August 24, 2020 • 8:53 am

    salt of the earth
    trampeled under foot
    neath
    the arches
    of my walk
    talk about love

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  55. MichaelStephenWills
    August 24, 2020 • 9:04 am

    A little salt brings out sweetness

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  56. Christy B
    August 24, 2020 • 11:43 am

    Oh that is such a romantic story! He didn’t like the salty coffee but drank it for her xx

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  57. bigskybuckeye
    August 24, 2020 • 12:17 pm

    Love always finds its own unique way to blossom. Great story Laleh.

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  58. Atul
    August 24, 2020 • 12:37 pm

    that was funny in the beginning but seemingly heartbreaking to see the confession of that man after 40 years
    jazakallah

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  59. Sonrisa (Crissy)
    August 25, 2020 • 3:52 am

    True love is hard to find but when you do awwww! So sweet !

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  61. Glee Sparkle
    August 25, 2020 • 2:07 pm

    Wow!!! Such a lovely Beautiful Post 🥰 😍 wonderful story!!!

    Don’t forget to Glee and spread Sparkles ✨
    -Nani 💖

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  62. Warren Richards
    August 29, 2020 • 12:08 pm

    Even if the moment is a little salty, sharing sweet moments of love, will always be the happy ending! Blessings!

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  63. kat.
    September 3, 2020 • 11:18 pm

    So nice storys! They sound so wise and full of love!

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  64. Jonathan Caswell
    September 12, 2020 • 7:59 am

    Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
    LOVE–REAL LOVE–IS JUST …LIKE…THAT….! ❤ ❤ ❤

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  65. Jonathan Caswell
    September 12, 2020 • 8:01 am

    [ COULDN’T LEAVE TO START MY DAY…WITHOUT BEING GRACED BY A LOVELY STORY FROM YOU! IN THE LOVE OF FRIENDS, JONATHAN CASWELL

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  66. thiaBasilia
    August 20, 2023 • 3:50 am

    Beautiful! Just like you to uniquely portray the enigmatic word, ‘love’. And so glad to find you in my inbox today. lov, thia

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